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A Tom Waits Warmup

Sun Jun 22, 12:01 PM

Not long now, people. Simmer down. To tide you over, here's the setlist from Waits' show last Tuesday at Phoenix's Orpheum Theater. Thanks to whoever posted this on Hands Up Houston. Lucinda (Orphans) Hoist That Rag (Real Gone) Come On... More >>

Previewing Uncle Charlie's Poster Show

Sat Jun 21, 2:33 PM

Last night I got an impromptu preview of this evening's Uncle Charlie poster show at Sig's Lagoon. (They had just finished hanging all the posters when I walked in.) Come, look, buy, 6 p.m. to midnight. There's talk Charlie... More >>

Aftermath: Eliza Gilkyson at the Mucky Duck

Fri Jun 20, 5:43 PM

video by Chris Gray Sometimes you’re just in the right place at the right time. Like Eliza Gilkyson’s almost-rained-out in-store at Cactus Records. As Gilkyson packed her gear, I approached the stage and asked her how brother Tony was... More >>

A Little Friday Afternoon “Strokin’?

Fri Jun 20, 1:48 PM

One of my favorite songs of all time, Clarence Carter’s “Strokin’,? just came up on XM Radio’s ’80s channel, and it put me in such a good mood I felt like sharing it with all of you. Though it never... More >>

Features

  • God, Texas and Tom Waits
    Tom Waits may not come from around here, but a good chunk of his favorite music does
    Thursday, June 19
    Although he was raised in and around Los Angeles and San Diego, few musicians have as much love for the music of the Lone Star State as Tom... More >>
  • Bill Bentley Goes Online with Sonic Boomers
    Native Houstonian creates Web site for boomer music fans
    Thursday, June 19
    Bill Bentley has been going to a lot of funerals lately. Both of the 57-year-old Houston native's parents passed away in the last year, each time... More >>
  • On Weezer's Mystifying Red Album
    The world has turned and left them here, and it'll take more than a great video to redeem them
    Thursday, June 19
    I've had a three-second loop from the new Weezer record stuck in my head for about 48 hours now: Rivers Cuomo snarling "I don't wanna get... More >>
  • The Allen Oldies Band: Ride the Wild Surf
    Thursday, June 19
    In the British government, there's a cabinet-level Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport position. Nobody calls it that; instead, they... More >>
  • Foals: Antidotes
    Thursday, June 19
    Hyped as the next big thing by British music rags and blogmobs alike, Foals comes out of the starting gate with heavy expectations on its... More >>
  • Islands: Arm's Way
    Thursday, June 19
    Since his days with the Unicorns, Islands mastermind Nick Thorburn has revealed himself as equal parts pop genius, musical theater admirer,... More >>
  • Eugene S. Robinson: Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking
    Thursday, June 19
    Some very fine spoken-word action on the art of butt-whoopin' by the scary but articulate frontman of rad avant-metal behemoths Oxbow. Also a... More >>
  • Russian Circles, with Daughters
    Thursday, June 19
    "Post-rock" may not be the most ridiculous descriptor in contemporary music; I'd cast my vote for either "sadcore" or "neo-prog." Still, the term... More >>
  • Faun Fables, with Invincible Czars
    Thursday, June 19
    Dawn McCarthy's Faun Fables is an odd, uncategorizable, morphing entity that sits on your kitchen table, emanating an orange-ish glow and a low... More >>
  • Ludo, with Steel Train, the Spill Canvas, and Liam and Me
    Thursday, June 19
    Smartass geek rock will never go out of fashion. That's good news to St. Louis's Ludo, whose quirky pop spills all over its major-label debut,... More >>
  • Emery, with Army of Me, Envy on the Coast, and the Almost
    Thursday, June 19
    Emery's big move turned out to be a major downer. Formed in South Carolina at the top of the decade, the screamo group packed its bags for... More >>
  • The Roots Will Not Apologize
    ?uestlove and company: Those who don't like our angriest album can step right off
    Thursday, June 12
    At all times, legendary hip-hop drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson is a man pulled in many directions. The 37-year-old musician, producer,... More >>
  • Juneteenth Revisited
    Two arts organizations attempt a new spin on an old event
    Thursday, June 12
    From the 1970s to the early '90s, Juneteenth at Miller Outdoor Theatre was the largest free blues festival in the world and one of the city's... More >>
  • What Do Shepard Smith and Soulja Boy have in common?
    Wack's here to tell you: more than you might expect
    Thursday, June 12
    If there's one thing the self-satisfied, liberal, tofu-munching, cappuccino-sipping, in vitro fertilization-utilizing coastal elite hate, it's... More >>
  • Season in the Sun, Part II
    Sizing up the summer's classic-rock scorecard
    Thursday, June 12
    The summer classic rock invasion continues this week with the Doobie Brothers/Chicago show Saturday at the Woodlands Pavilion. As always, we're... More >>
  • Jason Ward's Matagorda Island Discs
    Thursday, June 12
    This week's installment comes from Jason "J-Thunder" Ward, current bassist for '80s cover act the Lost Boys. "I keep seeing this," he writes,... More >>
  • Precisely 88 mph at Etro Lounge
    Montrose Throwback
    Thursday, June 12
    People who listen to '80s music do not like to fight. It's weird. Like, when was the last time you were sitting around listening to Depeche Mode... More >>
  • T.H.E. FLY and Rooster: The Smoke CD
    Thursday, June 12
    As we all know, rappers do not lie. They're like the George Washingtons of the music industry. But when T.H.E. FLY and Rooster say they're... More >>
  • Silver Jews
    Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea www.silverjews.net
    Thursday, June 12
    Singer-songwriter David Berman is as much of an ironist in life as he is in art. Note that after landing in rehab following a Xanax overdose (an... More >>
  • Usher : Here I Stand
    Thursday, June 12
    You really can't fault entertainers who claim "playa for life" status. At least they're being honest; everyone from Rod Stewart to video... More >>

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Music from Coast to Coast

Broward - Palm Beach

Halftime Report

Taking a look at some of the most buzzed-about albums of the year
It's hard to believe that 2008 is already halfway gone. There's no need to lament the New... More >>

Cleveland

Mr. Gnome, the area’s second-hottest duo, makes a big noise on its debut album

Mr. Gnome spent the past year turning people on all over the country — even if a lot of... More >>

Dallas

Blood, Sweat & Tears

The Red Blood Club's doors are closing—and Dallas' hardcore scene is all but dying with it
Y'know, it really is true: You don't know what you've got till it's gone. And, boy, has that... More >>

Denver

The Fluid

Sub Pop's twentieth anniversary spurs this year's unlikeliest local band reunion.
There are definitely people who think we're legendary, who think we're the greatest, and that's... More >>

Kansas City

Rob A.A. Lowe and his band, Singer, live on rock’s fringes

“Dumb Smoke” by Singer, from Unhistories (Drag City): Fascinating guy, Rob A.A.... More >>

Miami

Trick Daddy Bids Farewell to Slip-N-Slide

And launches his own Dunk Ryder imprint.
The light reflects off Trick Daddy's gold grills as he explains his personal evolution, as he... More >>

Phoenix

Meet JerkRag, the Valley’s Rock Band band

The members of JerkRag are having something of a shitty night. It's an unseasonably... More >>

San Francisco

George Michael refuses to play the polite pop star

The passing years can be unkind to rebels. You survive booze, bad marriages, and car crashes,... More >>

Seattle

Sunday Morning Coming Down

A guarded speakeasy meets the press.
The first nonfiction writer I really looked up to was Studs Terkel. Throughout high school and... More >>

St. Louis

Halftime Report: Taking a look at some of the most buzzed-about albums of the year

It's hard to believe that 2008 is already halfway gone. There's no need to lament about the New... More >>

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